Wailing Souls : All Over the World Released:1992 Tracks 1.All Over The World 2. Shark Attack 3. If I Were You 4. She Pleases Me 5. You Ain't Leaving 6. Sweet Black Angel 7. Get Real 8. Picky, Picky Head 9. Heartbeats Accelerating 10. Love You Want all over the world - album credits Lee Manning Engineer Winston "Pipe" Matthews Vocals, Vocals (Background) Lloyd McDonald Vocals, Vocals (Background) Phil Nicolo Associate Producer, Mixing Dwight Pinkney Guitar Lakshminarayana Shankar Violin, Sarod Pam Starks Vocals (Background) Keith Sterling Keyboards Mike Tyler Guitar T.H. Vinayakram Percussion John X. Volaitis Engineer, Mixing David Johnson Associate Producer Einstein Drums (Steel) Nancy Donald Art Direction Joel Nakamura Artwork Ina Abdrabu Vocals (Background) Bill Summers Percussion Penny Ford Vocals (Background) Rusty Anderson Guitar Eric Bazilian Guitar Randy Cantor Keyboards Phil Chen Bass David Coleman Art Direction N'Dea Davenport Vocals (Background) Santa Davis Drums Tyrell "The Rock" Deadrick Percussion, Drums Marcella Detroit Vocals (Background) Skip Drinkwater Producer Richard Feldman Keyboards, Producer, Engineer Marty Grebb Sax (Soprano) Doug Grigsby Bass Maisha Grimes Vocals (Background) Flabba Holt Bass Jawge Hughes Keyboards Rob Hyman Keyboards Jon Ingoldsby Engineer Lee Jaffe Executive Producer Dennis Keeley Photography Andy Kravitz Percussion Tampa Lann Vocals (Background) Earl Lindo Keyboards Prince Far I Guitar U-Roy Rap Wailing Souls Main Performer Having signed to the Columbia subsidiary Chaos, the Wailing Souls were now ready to conquer America, and launch themselves all over the world. However, the title track, which opens the album, was guaranteed to send their old roots fans running for cover. A funky disco monster, it's hard to believe this is the same group that gave us "Bredda Gravilicious" and "Lawless Society" all those years ago. But just to drive home the changes, two tracks later the Souls throw themselves into the housey R&B of "If I Were You." All Over the World is as stunning as it is shocking, incorporating virtually every element of the current music scene, from jungle beats to urban R&B gloss, from rappers ("Pappa Juggy" and U-Roy) to backing vocalists parading as a church choir. The record's rhythms are absolutely astounding, a seething cross between the new hip jungle style and the dancehall's beloved military tattoo. The diverse sounds collide head on, as on "You Ain't Leaving," where the militaristic beats plow into the steel drums, and the ballad the Souls are crooning crash into the DJs' raps. Elsewhere, hardcore hip-hop smacks into R&B, as the amazing rhythms pummel everything in their path; Latino melodies slink in, too, but all that's nothing compared with the covers. The startling version of the Rolling Stones' "Sweet Black Angel" is done up Western style, but is corralled by a Gospel choir, and serenaded round the campfire by an incredibly smoky sax. Less successful, but equally unexpected, is the cover of a McGarrigle Sisters song; a love ballad gone jungle, but with elements of its folky origins still simmering in the brew. However, there are a few more island-orientated tracks, a purer dancehall number, the deep roots of "Shark Attack," and the blast from the past "Picky Picky Head," which blends early reggae, steel drums, digitized beats, and a roots segment into a frothy, infectious confection. A truly awesome album, that, even after multiple plays, continues to astound.